Sec. 1. A person who is guilty of any willful disobedience of any process, or any order lawfully issued: (1) by any court of record, or by the proper officer of the court; (2) under the authority of law, or the direction of the court; and (3) after the process or order has been served […]
Sec. 2. A person who willfully resists, hinders, or delays the execution of any lawful process, or order of any court of record is guilty of an indirect contempt of court. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-7-4 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.43.
Sec. 3. A person: (1) who: (A) offers, gives, or promises any reward to; (B) threatens to assault or injure; (C) assaults or beats; or (D) in any other manner influences, intimidates, or attempts to influence; any witness to give or abstain from giving testimony in any case, or to abstain from attending as a […]
Sec. 4. (a) A person who falsely makes, utters, or publishes any false or grossly inaccurate report of any case, trial, or proceeding, or part of any case, trial, or proceeding is considered guilty of an indirect contempt of the court in which the case, trial, or proceeding was instituted, held, or determined, if made […]
Sec. 5. (a) In all cases of indirect contempts, the person charged with indirect contempt is entitled: (1) before answering the charge; or (2) being punished for the contempt; to be served with a rule of the court against which the contempt was alleged to have been committed. (b) The rule to show cause must: […]
Sec. 6. (a) If the defendant: (1) fails to appear in court at the time and place specified in the rule provided for in section 5 of this chapter, to answer the rule; or (2) appears in court, but fails or refuses to answer concerning the alleged contempt; the court may proceed at once, and […]
Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this section applies to all cases of indirect contempt of courts of this state, other than the supreme court or the court of appeals. (b) This section does not apply to indirect contempts growing out of willfully resisting, hindering, delaying, or disobeying any lawful process or […]
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this section applies to all cases of indirect contempt of the supreme court or the court of appeals. (b) This section does not apply to indirect contempt growing out of willfully resisting, hindering, delaying, or disobeying any lawful process or order of court. (c) The court […]
